Author Archives: Julia Bradley
E.P. officer involved in fatal shooting released from the hospital
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A police officer injured in an officer-involved fatal shooting in East Peoria Tuesday morning has been released from the hospital. Illinois State Police said the officer, stabbed ...
Feb 04, 2021 (25 News)
Morton resident dies in I-74 crash; victim ID'ed
***UPDATE*** 2/5/21 12:37 P.M. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has released the name of the car's driver as Edward W. Huber. Hanley said Huber died of multiple blunt force trauma injuries. A to...
Feb 04, 2021 (25 News)
Biden tells congressional Democrats would consider limits on who gets COVID-19 checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden told congressional Democrats on Wednesday he would not back down on including $1,400 checks for struggling Americans in his COVID-19 relief plan but would co...
Feb 03, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects to U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died on January 7 from injuries he sustained while protecting the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack on the building, as he lies in honor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool
NWS: Expect frigid temps and wind chills this weekend
LINCOLN, Ill. -- Will it be another polar vortex this weekend? Scott Baker, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lincoln, is predicting overnight low temperatures Saturday and Sunday wil...
Feb 03, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
National Restaurant Association says Biden's aid package will hurt the industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package would increase the nation's minimum wage to $15 an hour. But, it would also eliminate tip credit. Mike Whatley, Vi...
Feb 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Deer Creek man identified as Rt. 150 crash victim
MORTON, Ill. -- The Tazewell County coroner has identified the victim of a fatal crash on Rt. 150 between Deer Creek and Morton. Coroner Charles Hanley said 19-year-old Quinten Cremeens, of Deer Creek...
Feb 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
Trump lawyers challenge legitimacy of impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's lawyers said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate lacks the authority to conduct his impeachment trial now that he has left office, while the Democratic la...
Feb 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia's Senate seats January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
U.S. Senate confirms Buttigieg to head Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to head the ...
Feb 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, U.S., January 21, 2021. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
FBI agents killed in early-morning raid in Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two FBI agents were killed and another three were wounded during an early morning raid on Tuesday at a Sunrise, Florida home as they were executing a court-ordered search warrant...
Feb 02, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks of winter
(Reuters) - Pennsylvania's famous groundhog emerged from his tree stump on Tuesday to predict another six weeks of winter, just as the northeastern United States got blanketed with its second day of s...
Feb 02, 2021 Punxsutawney Phil's handler A.J. Dereume holds up the famous groundhog during a socially distanced and remote event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the 135th Groundhog Day at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Freed
